I don't know much about computers, but I have a Dell Alienware that I just switched over to Windows 8. Will this work with windows 8?
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According to the box for my Buffalo DriveStation Axis, it is compatible with Windows 8
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Yes. Microsoft goes to great pains to make sure that older computers are still compatible, but within reason. If your computer is too old - it may not be supported. How old is too old? In my experience, it's been about 5 - 6 years.
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It works with Window 7. Therefore, Windows 8 should not be much different....I have windows 8, on my other laptop, but haven't hooked it up to that computer.
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Hi Bayardo I am not sure if it will work with Windows 8. I am currently using Windows Vista which is the version before Windows 7.
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Windows 8 I do not know, but I would assume it would not be compatible. Reviews are a funny thing, many people just want something to work right out of the box. Maybe they are just using the product wrong. product quality control is lacking, some work some do not. This is definitely not a product to take a chance on.
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I updated my Dell Vista PC to Windows 8 and it works great ! Not sure if it is compatible with Vista though.
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Yes, I have a windows 8 PC and it works flawlessly. There should be no problems at all.
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I have one connected to a Windows 8.1 and a Windows 7 PC - they work fine. The only problem I have is with the 8.1 machine - it changes the size of any open windows whenever I switch between the two. I probably depends on the PC manufacturer. My 8.1 PC is HP, the 7 PC is Dell.
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I'm not sure about hardware. I have heard that Windows 8 does not work well with Windows 8. I purchased a new computer last January and I removed 8 and installed 7. I've had no problems.
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Yeah, works with Windows 8 and 8.1. I had some problems when I changed from a Dell laptop to a Lenovo but Support was good and provided an updated driver so I could work around the problem. Malcolmm0127
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I have XP and Windows 7. It works with both. But I don't know about Windows 8. Sorry.
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Yes, it should work with both Windows 7 and 8 if the system is up to date. If your system does not recognize it as a floppy disk drive you may have to add it manually or use a generic driver.
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Not sure, I am running Win-7 and all is fine. I know the unit works great as I have watched countless videos off my 7 year old Dell laptop with no problems. I have upgraded the old hard drive to an SSD as you ne d the speed for files coming off the disk to the unit. With the old hard drive, it sometimes stuttered but that may have been the old CPU holding it back. I am very high tech level and know the unit works great if used properly and with decent other gear set up correctly. I no longer have any PCs running XP so I can't test it for you but it is working great here on both 7 and 8.2 machines. I highly recommend the product. If you can set up a second monitor out of you Dell, then try mirrored mode with that. If that doesn't work either, then your problem is with your laptop or Windows install. If it does work, I can't say why the convertor setup is not as mine works fine... Great picture too...
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I run window 7 and it's works fine, not sure if it would work with Windows 8
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Not sure, we don't have windows 8. We use windows 7, and it's still not working with that. We still have to figure that out yet.
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I use mine with windows 7, and it works perfect, but I'm not sure about windows 8.
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Don't know. I have windows 7 and have heard that windows 8 is a can of worms. I wouldn't make any compatibility assumptions.
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I just got a new laptop with windows 8.1 and it works fine thus far. It should work okay.